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mamapi

ahaṃ

1st person singular pronoun, nominative + enclitic particle (sandhi form mamapi)

1. ahaṃ (pron): I
2. mama (pron): to me; for me
3. mama (pron): my; mine; of me
4. mamapi (sandhi): to me then

Built from

• mama — stem · to/for me
  Genitive and dative form of ahaṃ 'I'; the first-person pronoun in oblique cases. Cognate: Latin 'mihi' (to me), Greek 'emoi' (me), English 'me'.
• api — ending · then; also
  Enclitic particle of emphasis or addition, often fused by sandhi with the preceding word. Marks the dative with a temporal or adversative sense ('then, furthermore').

Analysis. mama (genitive/dative of ahaṃ 'I') + api (enclitic 'then, also'); the dative/genitive mama + api fuses in sandhi to mamapi, 'to me then; me also'.

Etymology. ahaṃ from PIE *eg- (I, me), cognate with English 'ego', Latin 'ego', Sanskrit 'ahaṃ'. The particle api from PIE *h₂epī (on, at), cognate with Sanskrit 'api', Latin 'apud', Greek 'epí'; api marks emphasis or addition (also, then).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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